Last night, perennially bronzed Speaker of the House John Boehner was forced to abandon "Plan B," his "solution" to the "fiscal cliff," after failing to get enough Republican support to bring it to a vote. Ouch. Kinda embarrassing. But what was Plan B? And what is the significance of its failure? When I saw first saw that Plan B was all over the Twitter and the interwebs, I assumed everyone was talking about emergency contraception. Turns out, in an attempt to avoid automatic tax hikes scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, Boehner was proposing extending current tax rates for all Americans earning up to $1 million annually, as opposed to Obama's income cut-off of $400,000. At first glance, it seems that the two Plan B's have very little in common. Yet a closer examination reveals significant overlap.

Emergency Contraception Plan B

// Emergency Negotiation Plan B

The result, in part, of a boner

The creation, in part, of Boehner

Enables you to screw people without reproducing.

Enables you to screw people without producing jobs; eliminates Child Tax Credit (CTC), and the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) for college expenses.

Affects women

Affects women, who would suffer 2/3 of the losses if such programs were cut

Doesn't protect you from dangers such STDs

Doesn't protect you from dangers such trickle-down economics and spending cuts

Is divisive and controversial

Is divisive and controversial: the Democrats hated it and Obama had said he'd veto it. Conservatives to the right of Boehner didn't like it either.